[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 13023-13024]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                         STORMS AND GAS PRICES

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, Hoosiers are struggling in the aftermath of

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some of the worst storms in our Nation's history. But even amidst the 
cleanup of last weekend, I was still hearing about gasoline prices.
  At more than $4 a gallon in Indiana, working families, small 
businesses and family farms are hurting. Everywhere I went I heard the 
same thing, and it wasn't nationalize our refineries--as the Democrats 
are apparently planning to do--but the American people I heard from 
Indiana said drill for more oil on American soil. Hoosiers know the 
only way to lessen our dependence on foreign oil is to give the 
American people more access to American oil.
  I say to my countrymen, call your Congressman right now and tell this 
Congress, drill more, drill now, and we will pay less.

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